Swinging-fixture mounting.



c. H. DRIVER. SWINGING FIXTURE MOUNTING.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1'7 1910. 1,028,864, Patented June 11, 1912.

.0. H. DRIVER. SWINGING FIXTURE MOUNTING.

' APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1910.

1,028,864. Patented June 11,1912,

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STATES CHARLES H. DRIVER, 0F RACINE, WISCONSIN.

SWINGING-FIXTURE MOUNTING.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

App1ieation filed September 1'7, 1910. Serial No. 582,526.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. DRIVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging-Fixture Mountings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference-marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a swinging fixture mounting for fixtures that swing in opposite directions, such as sashes, doors, shutters and closures for other openings, and the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, economical and readily applied hinge or center which is so arranged relatively to the swinging fixture and to the casing in which the fixture is mounted as to provide a weather proof joint between the fixture and the casing throughv out the entire length of the fixture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of hinge trunnion or center and means of attaching it to the fixture arranged to produce a strong and durable mounting for the fixture.

In the drawings my invention is shown as applied as a mounting for a window sash and is so described, but it will be understood that it is capable of ready adaptation to other swinging fixtures adapted to swing in two opposite directions.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through a window casing or frame and a swinging sash therein pivoted to the frame by a hinge or center embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation thereof, with parts shown in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on "line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the hinge trunnion or center. Fig. 5 illustrates another form of the hinge, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the sash and the trunnion mounted therein, showing the frame in section. Fig.7 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification. Fig. 8 is a section on line 88 of Fig. 7 with parts omitted. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the detachable part of the trun nion shown in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of another form of the hinge trunnion. Y

The window or other frame, comprising the jambs 10, 10, the lintel 11 and the sill 12 may be of any preferred construction, as also may the sash or other fixture comprising the stiles 14, 14 and the upper and lower rails 15 and 16, respectively. The sash is pivoted to the jamb of the casing or frame by the trunnions or centers, designated as awhole in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, by 18 and hereinafter described. The stiles 14, 14 of the sash close against inner and outer part stops 19, 20 attached to the inner faces of the jambs 10, while the upper and lower rails of the sash close against the upper and lower horizontal strips 21, 22 which are at tached to the, lintel and sill, respectively. The said stops 19, 20 are laterally separated or offset a distance equal to the width of the sash stiles, the upper ends of the sash stiles fitting outside the upper stops and the lower ends of the sash stiles fitting inside the lower stops. The said stops terminate at their adjacent ends a distance short of each other and are adapted to engage at said ad j acent ends with thehinge trunnions or centers by means which afi'ords weather proof joints between the stops and trunnions, in a maner hereinafter to be described.

The hinge trunnions or centers 18 shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, comprise short cylindric bearing portions 24 which engage cylindric bearing sockets 25 formed in the inner faces of the window jambs, or in metal bearing bushings seated therein, if desired. The said trunnions or centers may be of an exterior diameter somewhat greater than the width of the sash stiles and are provided with diametrically opposite lugs or extensions 26, 27 between which the outer edges of the sash stiles are fitted. The said trunnions are attached to the stiles by means of screws 28, 28 which extend through openings-in the lugs and into the sash. As herein shown, one of the lugs, the lug 27 is provided with oppositely extending arms 29, 29 inwhich the screw holes are formed, while the other lug has a single centrally arranged screw hole. The exterior faces of said lugs adjacent to the bodies of the trunnions are of cylindric formation to correspond to the cylindric outer surfaces of the trunnions, the said exterior, cylindrically formed surfaces of the lugs extendinginwardly beyond the j ambs a distance at least as great as the thickness of the upper and lower part stops 19, 20, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. The adjacent ends of the part stops 19 and 20 are curved to conform to and fit-against the cylindric surfaces of the lugs 26, 27. The

overlapping of'the ends of said stops with 19 and'20 and of the upper and lower rails of the sash with the upper and lower strips 21, 22 provide weather proof joints through out the length of the sash and prevent the entrance of water and air between the sash and frame. Moreover passage of water or air betweenthe sash and frame at the hinge trunnions or centers is prevented owing to the fact that the said trunnions fit snugly in the hinge sockets 25 of the casing or frame 1 jambs, and to the further fact that the space between the adjacent ends of the stops 19, 20 is closed by the attaching lugs 26, 27 of the hinge trunnions or centers.

Instead of extending the trunnion attaching lugs inwardly beyond planes of the attaching screws.

stops, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and passing the attaching screws through the thinner ends of the extended parts of the lugs, I may provide the exteriorly curved or cylindric parts of the lugs 29 of the trunnion 29 (shown in Fig. 10) with screw holes to receive said screws. Said screw holes may be countersunk to receive the heads of the In this construction the lugs will extend inwardly no farther than the inner sides of the stops. This form of the center is adapted for relatively light fixtures.

In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the trunnions take the form of short cylindric bodies 30 of a diameter greater than the width of the sash stiles, or other fixture, and are set into recesses 31 formed in the outer faces of the stiles. The laterally opposite sides of the cylindric trunnion bodiesextend beyond the side faces of the sash to provide cylindric or curved surfaces 32 against which the curved ends of the stops 19 and 20 engage, in the same manner in which said stops engage the curved faces of the lugs 26, 27 and 29 of the trunnions shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and in Fig. 10. In order to afford means to set the trunnions 3O into the stiles 14 the stiles may be cut away above and below the recesses to a depth to extend at least to the Vertical planes of the axes of said trunnions, thereby providing removable blocks 32 which may be attached to the stiles bythe screws 32 When said blocks are removed the recessedstiles may be seto'ver the trunnions which have been .prevlously set into the frame sockets and when .saidblocks are replaced and fastened by thev screws 32 they constitute means to hold the fixture and trunnion in assembled relation. The said trunnions 30 may be attached to the sash or other fixture by the screws 33 which extend axially through thetrunnions and into the sash or other fixture.

The construction shown in Figs. 7 8 and '9 is similar to that shown in Figs, 1 to 4, inclusive, with the exception that one of' the members '35 of the trunnion 36, adapted for engagement by one of the stops 19, 20, or other joint making device, is made separate from the trunnion and is attached to the sash, or other fixture by the screw 37 after the trunnion has been fastened to the sash by the lug 38 and the screws 39. In this construction the screws 39 constitute the means for fastening the trunnion or center to the sash or other fixture.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple and effective trunnion or center for the sash, and a very effective joint betwen the sash and frame throughout 1::

the length of thesash. ,The trunnions 18, 36 and 29 may be made hollow, and will preferably be so made in order to save metal;

but, so far as the function of the trunnion as a hinge is concerned, said forms may be made solid like the trunnion 30, if desired. Furthermore,the hinge trunnions 18, 36 and 29 may be made of cast metal, or they may be made of sheet metal by a suitable stamping or swaging operation;

While I have described the details of the construction with considerable particularity it will be evident that such details may be somewhat varied within the spirit and scope of the invention, and the invention is not,

therefore, limited to the specific details shown, except as such details are hereinafter made the subject of specific claims.

I claim as my invention 1. In a swinging fixture mounting, the I combination with a frame provided in two opposite members wlth sockets which are formed in sald frame members entirely outside the inner faces of said members, and a swingable fixture fitted within said frame having two members which fit closely against the socketedmembers of said'frame, of hinge trunnions attached to'said members of the fixture and of a diameter greater ,U

hinge sockets formed therein and a swingable fixture mounted in sald frame, said frame having stops against which the fixture fits when closed, of hinge trunnions rotatively mounted in said sockets, said sockets being of a diameter greater than the thickness of the fixture and provided with means for attaching the same to the fixture, said trunnions being formed with exteriorly,

curved faces which are exposed at the front and rear faces of the fixture and adapted for engagement with the adjacent ends of the stops to provide weather proof joints between said parts.

3. In a swinging fixture mounting, the combination with a frame provided with hinge sockets formed therein and a swingable fixture mounted in said frame, said frame having stops against which the fixture fits when closed, of hinge trunnions rotatively mounted in said sockets and of a diameter greater thanthe width'of the fixture and being provided with attaching lugs which fit over the front and rear sides of and are attached to the fixture, said lugs being formed with exterior faces curved on the radii of the trunnions and the adjacent ends of the stops being curved to engage the curved faces of said lugs to provide weather proof joints between said parts;

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of Sepr. A. D. 1910.

CHARLES H. DRIVER.

Witnesses: I

C. C. MORTINSON, W. W. DRUMMOND.

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